Reconstruction:Old High German/hraffon

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This Old High German entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old High German

Alternative forms

*raffōn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrapōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (“scratch; snatch”).

Verb

*hraffōn

to grasp, to snatch

Descendants

Middle High German: raffen
- German: raffen
- Luxembourgish: rafen
→ Vulgar Latin: *raffō
- Galician: rafar
- Italian: arraffare
- → Old French: raffer, rafer
  - Middle English: *raffen
    - → English: raff

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